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Artist Unknown, Gandhara (Ancient Pakistan and Afghanistan)
Turbaned head of a male figure, Hadda type (Afghanistan)
200 – 499
Museum purchase for the James Marshall Plumer Memorial Collection
1961/2.84
A fragment of a stone slab, originally a facing on the drum of a small stupa, carved with a narrative scene. In this relief, he is converting devotees of the fire god Agni, the three ascetic Kasyapa brothers and their disciples. In this narrative, the Buddha asked to spend the night in the fire temple of Uruvilva Kasyapa. The temple’s fire god worshipers thought the fearsome fire serpent that dwelled within the temple would vanquish the Buddha. Instead, the fiery radiance of the meditating Buddha overwhelmed the serpent, who crawled into the Buddha’s alms bowl; the defeated snake appears in this sculpture below the Buddha. Meanwhile, the dazzling radiance the Buddha emits has been mistaken for flames and a fire brigade using ladders and pots of water has been formed to put out the fire, as can be seen here. Seated in the posture and gesture of meditation, the Buddha’s calm presence is in contrast to the action unfolding around him. The three Kasyapa brothers, with their beards and matted hair, are at the bo
Artist Unknown, Gandhara (Ancient Pakistan and Afghanistan)
Scene from the life of the Buddha: Buddha triumphs over the fire snake at the Fire Temple of Uruvilva Kasyapa (architectural fragment)
200 – 232
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1972/2.41

Artist Unknown, Gandhara (Ancient Pakistan and Afghanistan)
Head of a Buddha
3rd century
Gift of F. Karel Wiest
1981/2.67
A stoneware vessel designed for pouring or possibly to serve as an oil lamp, in the shape of a duck. The lower half of the duck&#39;s body and &quot;legs&quot; are formed by a shallow bowl on an openwork pedestal; the sides of the bowl have been compressed to make an elongated shape. The upper half of the duck&#39;s body, and its neck and head are formed by hand, The duck&#39;s body is hollow, with two aperture: liquids can be poured in through a funnel with a cup-shaped mouth on the duck&#39;s back, and liquids can be poured out through a wide opening at the tail.<br /> <br /> This is a gray or gray-orange, duck-shaped, low-fired earthenware vessel. Its semi-globular spout is attached to the upper part of the duck&rsquo;s back, while a 2.8cm wide hole, which appears to have been used for pouring liquids, is located at the tail end. The duck&rsquo;s beak is flat and wide, and its eyes are expressed by an incised dot and circle. The lower part of the body features three ridges that form a wave design. The pe
Korean (Korean (culture or style))
Vessel in the shape of a duck
200 – 399
Gift of Bruce and Inta Hasenkamp and Museum purchase made possible by Elder and Mrs. Sang-Yong Nam
2004/1.188

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Jian (sword) with broken handle
9700 BCE
Gift of F. Karel Wiest
1981/2.72
This engraving reproduces a colossal marble sculpture of Hercules leaning upon his club, which is draped with a lion skin. Bos carefully records the powerful musculature of the figure and sets the statue within a niche.
Jacob Bos
The Farnese Hercules
1562
Given in memory of Dr. & Mrs. Milton J. Goodfriend
1994/2.17
Jar with a round base, short neck and flaring mouth. Fabric imprints and gently indented lines stretch across the round body of the jar.<br /> <br /> This is a blue-gray, round-bottomed, high-fired stoneware jar with a short neck. Its neck curves outwards towards a widely flared mouth. The edge of the rim is slightly round, and the inner surface of the mouth is flattened. The inner and outer surfaces of the neck show traces of rotation and water smoothing. The body is widest at its upper-middle section, while its surface has been decorated with shallow horizontal lines after the rendering of a dense lattice design. The upper part of the vessel shows traces of an erased paddled pattern, and there are cracks on the inside of the base.<br /> [Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2017) p. 46]<br /> <br /> &nbsp;
Korean (Korean (culture or style))
Round-Bottomed Jar
200 – 399
Gift of Bruce and Inta Hasenkamp and Museum purchase made possible by Elder and Mrs. Sang-Yong Nam
2004/1.163
A small jar of squat proportions with short, vertical neck and a pale yellow, crackled glaze. This jar is very similar to 2002/2.23, also in UMMA collections.
Kiln Unknown, Vietnam
Jarlet with squat ovoid shape
1200 – 1499
Gift of the William T. and Dora G. Hunter Collection
2002/2.20

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Long Sword
9767 BCE
Museum purchase for the James Marshall Plumer Memorial Collection
1964/2.87

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Spearhead (Mao)
9700 BCE
Gift of F. Karel Wiest
1981/2.68
A large stoneware jar with a slightly tapered body, wide shoulders and a wide flaring mouth.  There are smaller jars stacked on top, getting progressively smaller, topped with a hipped roof mimicking contemporary architectural features and additional architectural features such as towers around the mouth and a plethora of assorted figures, birds, and cosmological animals applied around the top half of the vessel.  It is covered in a grey-green celadon glaze. 
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Funerary Jar
265 – 317
Museum purchase made possible by a gift from William and Martha Steen
2000/1.39

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Skinning knife with animal head handle
9700 BCE
Gift of F. Karel Wiest
1981/2.70
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